CSFF Talks: Religion and the Supernatural in SFF
Religion and the Supernatural in Science Fiction and Fantasy April 26, 2017 Lab 027 from 4:00 to 6:00 Hosted by the Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy Free to attend for all staff and students....
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Year’s Best Weird Fiction Table of Contents announcement
After an intensive period of reading, aided by discussion from Anglia Ruskin students in the MA Publishing and MA Creative Writing courses, Helen Marshall and Michael Kelly are extremely pleased to...
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Of Monsters and Zombies: The Girl with All the Gifts Event
Over fifty people turned out for the Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy’s free screening of The Girl with All the Gifts, a 2016 post-apocalyptic, zombie horror movie starring Gemma Arterton, Glenn...
View ArticleApplications open for a fully funded PhD studentship in “Representing ability...
Applications are open for a brand-new, fully funded PhD studentship in “Representing ability and diversity in contemporary YA fiction.” The purpose of this project is to: research contemporary...
View ArticleDr. Helen Marshall short-listed for The Sunburst Award
The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award which recognizes exceptional writing in three categories: adult, young adult and short story. The awards are...
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J.G. Ballard & the Sciences Conferences: Registration Now Open
J.G. Ballard & the Sciences Key Note Speaker: Christopher Priest Sponsored by Humanities Hosted by the Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy (CSFF) Anglia Ruskin University,...
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Michael Dirda and John Clute: In Conversation
Date: October 5, 2017 Time: 5:00-6:00 LAB 109 Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize winning book columnist for The Washington Post as well as a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Times...
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J.G. Ballard & the Sciences Conference Schedule (November 25, 2017)
J.G. Ballard and the Sciences Sponsored by Humanities LAB 109, Anglia Ruskin University November 25, 2017 To register for this event, please go to our Event Portal. 9-9.30am: Registration (Outside LAB...
View ArticleWeird Fiction at Waterstones (November 24, 2017)
Friday 24th November 2017 6:00-8:00 pm – Waterstones Cambridge RSVP at https://doodle.com/poll/e2v5yzx5yux32qdr We’re delighted to welcome guest authors Christopher Priest, Gary Budden, and Aliya for...
View ArticleElectric Athenaeum: Call for Submissions!
Electric Athenaeum is a Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine publishing short fiction, articles, poetry, and interviews. Each issue features an accompanying theme, and is available for free to readers....
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Shakespeare and Science Fiction Conference Schedule (28 April 2018)
Shakespeare and Science Fiction Sponsored by BSA HEL 201, Anglia Ruskin University 28 April 2018 To register for this event, please go to our Event Portal. Shakespeare and Science Fiction 9 – 9.30...
View ArticleCall for Papers: LondonMoot (Deadline 5 March)
LondonMoot 28th April 2018 9:00 – 17:30 Sir David Davies lecture theatre, G08 Roberts Building (UCL) Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE The Mythgard London Speculative Fiction Symposium, aka LondonMoot,...
View Article2018 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
“We believe adventure is a broad genre and other works of fiction, say crime, thrillers, fantasy or historical, are also often adventure stories.” The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation Annouces the 2018...
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Guest Review: Chris Beckett’s America City by Prof. Sarah Annes Brown
By Prof. Sarah Annes Brown America City — Chris Beckett (Atlantic Books) Set a century or so in the future, Chris Beckett’s America City presents us with a world transformed by climate change and...
View ArticleResidency for non-UK based speculative fiction writer – applications open
We are offering the opportunity for a non-UK based speculative fiction writer to spend a week in residence at Anglia Ruskin University’s Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy (20/10/18 – 27/10/18)....
View ArticleWelcome to the Apocalypse: Understanding Matrix Games with Major Tom Mouat
Date: Friday, September 14, 2018 Place: Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus, Helmore 251 Time: 2:00-6:00 pm Space is limited! To participate, please register via the Doodle poll below:...
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CHILD ACT: Shaping a Preferable Future: Children’s Reading, Thinking and...
In the school year 2017/2018, two groups of young researchers (Year 6) —from John Clare Primary School in Helpston and Westwood Primary School in March— collaborated with Dr. Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak...
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British Council writer in residence, Tashan Mehta – Special Seminar and Wine...
Time: Tuesday 23 October, 4 – 5.30, Place: Helmore 201 British Council writer in residence, Tashan Mehta, is running a special seminar on world building in Vajra Chandrasekera’s ‘Heron of Earth’....
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ARU welcomes Writer-in-Residence Tashan Mehta
We are delighted that Tashan Mehta will be joining the Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy this month (22-26 October) to take up a short term residency generously funded by the British Council. The...
View ArticleScience Fiction Film & Television Volume: 11, Issue 3 (October 2018)
Science Fiction Film and Television is a peer-reviewed journal published three times a year by Liverpool University Press. SFFTVencourages dialogue among the scholarly and intellectual communities of...
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